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UK police arrest Israeli academic Haim Bresheeth after pro-Palestine speech (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 2 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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A Jewish academic who grew up in Israel was arrested by London's Metropolitan police following a speech he gave at a pro-Palestine demonstration in the British capital, during which he said that Israel "cannot win against Hamas".

Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and the founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested during a demonstration outside the residence of Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely in north London.

In a video recording of Bresheeth’s arrest, a police officer informs him that he is being arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 for “making a hate speech”.

“Israel has not achieved any of its declared aims, either in Gaza in Lebanon in, in Iran or anywhere else,” Bresheeth said in his speech. “What has it achieved? Murder, mayhem, genocide, racism, destruction, this is what they’re good at,” Bresheeth said. “But they cannot fight the resistance, they have lost every single time. “They cannot win against Hamas, they cannot win against Hezbollah, they cannot win against the Houthis. They cannot win against the united resistance to the genocide they have started.”

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

the Terrorism Act 2000

fucking right after they get rid of the IRA, before the ~~iraq~~ afganistan war. lovely country, no wonder Orwell wrote 1984.

Glad I don't live there anymore

EDIT : IRaq?! More like AFGANISTAN.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

For fuck sake!

Years ago, while Theresa Awful May was still the Home Secretary I said that Metropolitan Police is beyond repair and should be disbanded. Time goes on and my view is still the same - and even strengthened by multiple events happening since.